MatC Daddy Dearest
by Pythonmelon
Summary: Vlad's long-lost son comes to town, stirring up trouble for the past and present
1. Chapter 1

Thomas's soft grey eyes glowed intensely in the dark. His throat burned with a taste for the blood of the innocent. The vampire opened his wings and they ballooned against the wind. He glided onto the roof of one house and returned to his 'human' form. His hair was messed up by the wind and Thomas took a moment to fix it. The man combed his silvery blonde hair back into its classic vampire v-part.

Putting away the comb, he peered into his victim's bedroom. He had followed the eighteen year old girl home as a bat without bothering to get any information on her. Her sleeping form caught his eye, the slow rhythmic thrum of her heart in time with her breath. The girl had soft almost white hair that was falling around her face. She had a white t-shirt on and one foot poking from beneath the blue bed sheets.

He smiled and dispersed into a cloud of mist and slid into the room through a crack between the wall and window. The smell of her blood was fresh and warm, singing to him. Thomas had to make this kill quick and quiet so he could take the body and bury it somewhere far away. One thing about this vampire- he never left his prey alive. In his focus on getting to Lucy Harper he never noticed the scent of another vampire in the house.

Vlad was smiling, laughing and talking with Mina at the tea table. She had fixed real tea tonight and had some Oreos to dip in it. The count took a sip from his tiny cup and sniffed indignantly. He hated the taste of the stuff, but would do anything for Mina. He had fed before coming over and was glad to be able to ignore the thrum of Lucy's heart in the next room. He listened to it whenever silence hit, just to reassure himself. Mina was putting away her empty glasses and he was listening happily when it suddenly began pounding.

His ears perked. The organ was trying to hold onto the lifeblood in her veins. It was a familiar sound to him. The count stood up and shoved his chair back. There was another vampire in the next room feeding on his best friend's sister. Mina looked at him worriedly. "Is everything okay?"

"Oh, it's fine." He patted her hair. He had to hurry, in case this whoever was a fast drinker. He disappeared into a puff of smoke and went outside. Looking through the window he spotted the vampire in question. He was tall and thin, with silvery blonde hair and a clean shaven face. His face was hidden, pressed against Lucy's neck. He slipped inside again to stop and, if he had to, slay the vampire.

Thomas felt a short angry tap on his shoulder and looked up with a hiss. Was a human interrupting him? No- no this was another vampire. "This is my kill!" He looked up and hissed quietly. He hadn't known any other vampires were in this town and was just passing through anyway. He had to keep moving because of the killings, but he liked it like that.

"This is no one's kill." Vlad growled at the other man. This one had an accent almost identical to his own. "She is under my protection. I think you're finished here." He directed the other vampire towards the window.

Thomas was surprised, but he had run into others like this before. With just a little convincing and more often than not a good fight he got his meal. Turning, he poked Vlad angrily in the chest. "And vat jurisdiction do you have over this girl? Do you plan to turn her or something?"

Vlad was shocked. He had almost forgotten that other vampires could be so cold. "No! Just get out!"

Thomas smirked. This vampire was soft, it was obvious, and had something special for the girl… or some other member of her family? "Fine." He coughed. "I'll find another kill. But mind you, I'll be back." He laughed threateningly and changed into a cloud of mist, running out of the house and flying away.

Vlad went back to Mina's room and mulled over the man's threat. Was he planning to stick around? Lucy's heart beat went back to normal and she started to breathe deeply, calmly in the other room. She would be okay. "Who just left?" Mina asked, breaking his thoughts.

"No one ve should vorry about." He assured her. He hoped, anyway.

"Did he hurt Lucy?" She looked worried. The girl may have disliked her sister, but still cared. She knew the count wished he could bite her but never did, and now there was this new guy trying to.

"No, no he didn't." Vlad smiled. They resumed their tea party and Vlad finally went home as the sun was rising. He pondered over the visitor and told Igor to keep a watch on Lucy. The hunchback nodded- he didn't want anyone on Master's turf either.

Thomas roosted in a hollow tree, remaining in his bat form for the night, and thought about the other vampire's defensiveness. '_I'll have to pay him a visit.'_ He thought, putting a claw to his lip. He had had enough of a fill from Lucy and decided not to do anymore feeding for the night. But oh, he hated to leave a job half-finished. "I'll be back." He assured the night.

He ruffled his fur in pleasure. This was going to be a fun town. Ever since becoming a vampire at the hands of his fiancé Thomas had lost his love and compassion for humanity, but not his sense of humor. When he was hardly a year old his father, Vlad Hide, had disappeared. He had started working early in life and never got a high school or college education, until he had become a vampire that is. He was twenty-five when turned and had been so terrified that he had run away from the woman he thought he loved and his mother, Sarah.

But that was all water under the bridge. Mommy dearest was dead now, along with his fiancé, his father, and any chance of a life he had ever had. The man was content with his position after seven hundred years and didn't need anyone. Life was good as it was. He noticed the sky outside the tree growing lighter and settled away from the deadly light, sleeping for the day.

The next night Vlad did not visit Mina but hung around on her roof for the night. He was watching for this new vampire. Eventually the other vampire _did_ show up, but he was wiping some blood from his lip. "I've come to talk peace." He smiled. "And don't vorry about your friend, I've fed."

"I can tell." Vlad frowned. "Vat do you vant with this family?" He sat up, relaxed but ready.

"I hate to leave a job unfinished." Thomas smiled and motioned to the window. "But I'd rather know vhy you are so stuck on them." His grey eyes got dark, glinting with curiosity.

The count was a little uncomfortable admitting his care for Mina, but if he didn't he'd have no reason to hold this threatening and rather cold vampire off. "I've formed a loving relationship vith the girl's younger sister." He admitted. "But that is none of your business. Leave."

"Vhy should I?" Thomas sat down and smiled, letting his fangs show. "You have no jurisdiction over me."

Vlad frowned again. He was right. "Maybe ve can strike a deal." The count nodded. "But that requires some trust."

Thomas backed off. He didn't like trusting people, especially other vampires. "Vat kind of trust?" This guy was too friendly. Well, if he had befriended a human he had to be awfully soft.

"I just vant your name and a promise that you von't kill Lucy if I let you feed on her." Vlad rubbed the back of his neck. He felt a bit dumb, but if this was what it took. "I am Vlad," He nodded. "You are?"

Thomas hesitated. "Thomas. Thomas Hide." He sat down. "And if it means that much to you, I von't kill the girl."

Vlad froze when he heard the name. He didn't even catch Thomas's promise. "Vat vas your name again?" His son, the one he had had to leave so young when he was turned into a vampire, had been named Thomas. With the last name Hide.

"Thomas Hide." The man raised an eyebrow. His father had been named Vlad as well. "Your last name vouldn't have happened to have been Hide, vould it?"

"Yes. Yes it vas." Vlad's lip quivered. "And your mother vas Sarah?"

"Mommy dearest, her name was Sarah." Thomas sighed. "And vat does this mean for us? Does that make you my father?"

"Yes!" Vlad couldn't help himself, he hugged his son. "You're my son! My son's alive!"

"Uh," Thomas stumbled back. He raised a hand uncomfortably and rubbed his father's back in what was supposed to be comfort. "Not totally alive. Neither of us are." The man smiled and started to hug Vlad back. "I have a father, and it only took me seven hundred years to find him."


	2. Chapter 2

"So this guy is your long lost son?!" Igor followed Vlad down the halls. Thomas was in the foyer, looking happy and nervous.

"Yes." Vlad smiled. He was absolutely ecstatic.

"And it took the two of you seven hundred years to realize that you were both undead?" The hunchback had his arms crossed. This was ridiculous.

"So vat? I have Thomas back and that's all that matters." He was getting his scrap book, the one he had shown Mina. He wanted to show his son that he had kept the memory close for as long as he had been undead. He opened the cabinet and blew the dust that had recollected on his album off. "Excellent."

"But what will Mina think?" His servant followed him back to the living room.

"Be quiet, Igor." He sat down beside Thomas. Vlad turned to the man and smiled. "I'm beginning to see the resemblance."

The other vampire chuckled. "Pale skin and fangs don't count." Igor rolled his eyes. They had known about each other for, what, three hours? And they were already like two annoying peas in an annoying pod. "And hairstyle either."

"No, no it's the facial shape." Vlad Laughed.

He opened the album and Thomas gasped. "Grand mommy's drawings!" He flicked through the pages. "I saw so many of these vhen I vas growing up. I didn't keep any, though." The vampire frowned. "Vat happened to you? Ve vere all so worried for vat seemed like so long." When one became immortal time passed so much faster, if you didn't count the first ten years or so. Your years as a human were an insignificant base for it all.

"I might fill you in later," The count sighed. "You vouldn't believe how much I missed you. I vished I had seen you grow up." He wiped a bloody tear out of his eye.

Thomas suddenly looked disgusted. Vlad tilted his head, confused. "Sorry, Dad," The man held up his hands. "If I vas younger or liked humans better this may be different, but I grew up hard and alone." He crossed his arms. "I love you, am glad I found you, but I don't look on the past."

"Vat?" His father tilted his head. "I don't either!"

"Seems like it," Thomas shrugged. "But maybe it's just the impression you make."

Vlad shook his head. "Never mind. So, tell me, how have you done for yourself all these hundreds of years?" Of course he meant after being bitten.

"Like I said- hard and alone." The man took a drink from the glass of blood Igor had brought him. "My fiancé turned out to be a vampire and turned me so ve could be 'together forever.' I vas terrified after finding out vat had happened and ran avay from her. After that I only had my new senses to rely on. I got into my sense after the first kill and stuck vith it." He shrugged. "And I've been going from age twenty five."

"Twenty-one." Vlad smiled. "Oh, boy, you outlasted me by four years."

"Maybe I'm just better at surviving." His son poked him in the chest playfully. "Lots of moving, though. You appear to have been here for almost a hundred years." He looked around. "You must travel far for food every night.

"Actually no," Vlad pointed out. "I feed here most often at the house for young vomen; A different one every night and a few of the others around town."

"So you don't kill your prey?" Thomas looked surprised. "I never let one get avay."

"Oh, it's not letting them get avay." Vlad was a bit surprised that the other vampire _never_ let a girl live, but he had been like that for plenty of years. Unfortunately the man didn't seem like the type to be picky and that meant no one, very seriously, ever got out of his grip alive. "I let the younger ones, you know, thirteen or fourteen, live. Before, fifteen through twenty didn't get avay but because of Mina I try not to kill anyone anymore. It's just self-control."

"Self- control isn't my problem." Thomas said defensively. "I just don't care if they live or die. Sure, I von't hurt a little kid on purpose, but everyone else is just there. In a few decades you von't even remember this Mina girl's name."

"That's not true." Vlad sighed. "She's really important to me."

"Good for you." Thomas raised an eyebrow. "But I still vant her sister."

"Ve'll see." His father fidgeted. Thomas was going to be difficult to handle. He looked out the window and saw the sky's deep purple starting to take on pink tones. Dawn was coming. "Do you not have a coffin to sleep in?"

"Awful things to carry around, really." The other vampire scoffed. "I sleep in my bat form. If you don't mind I could sleep on the ceiling of your chamber."

"That's perfectly fine." Vlad nodded.

Lucy looked tired and rather drained, even two days after Thomas's attack. He had drunk far too much of her blood for the effects to be unnoticeable. Mina was taking notice to the attitude change. Maybe the other vampire the count had chased away had hurt her anyway. She took a bite from her pop tart and looked at her sister with concern. "Do you feel okay?"

"No, pipsqueak, I'm fine." The young woman put a hand on her forehead. "Just really tired lately." She sat down with a cup of coffee to try and bring her perk back for a date with Bobby tonight. "I've felt like this for the last two or so days." The girl stirred her spoon around in the glass. "And I had the weirdest dream that day too."

"You did?" Mina smiled. She liked dreams, because they were so confusing and fun. "What about?"

"It was so strange." Lucy looked up with a faint pained smile. "I dreamed there was this thin guy, kind of like your violin teacher, and he was really cute. But anyway, he was kissing my neck. It hurt, though, I loved it. Then your violin teacher DID come in and they started arguing, but then they both left." She looked back down sadly.

"Ridiculous." Mina sipped her milk. "Vlad doesn't like you and he never will, because you're so goofy."

Lucy frowned. She should have known Mina the Brat would have an insult waiting for her. She got up from the coffee table and grabbed her book bag. "Thanks anyway." When she shut the door a better look of concern came onto Mina's face. She'd have to ask the count about this new vampire tonight.

Vlad and Thomas woke up at about the same time naturally- the moment the sun went down. The one on the ceiling transformed into a human but forgot he was upside down and, consequently, pin wheeled down on top of Vlad's coffin. "Sorry!" He got up as his father got up out of the box and scratched his head.

"You're good at that, aren't you?" He smiled.

"I don't usually do it." Thomas brushed back his hair. "Just a small faux pas."

Vlad laughed at him quietly. "Sure." He looked at his pocket watch. "Mina should be here soon. Maybe I could introduce you two?" The older vampire offered.

"That vould be fair." The other shrugged. "But don't tell her I vent and bit her sister."

"I von't." the count nodded. Neither wanted Mina to be mad at Thomas right off the bat, so they could bury that little fact. Igor came down the stairs with two glasses of blood tonight. It was difficult to bottle this stuff, so he hoped Thomas wouldn't poke around too long.

"Your evening drinks." He bowed to the two and hoped the new guest would not take it as an invitation to attack him. Instead the other vampire took the glass and gulped it down.

"Thank you, Igor." Thomas patted his father's servant on the head happily. "I vas starving."

"Ve can hunt later." Vlad was trying to put it off. If the man kept up with his 'I hate to leave a job half-finished' thing he might kill more girls around town and have to leave. "But I still vant you to meet my best friend."

Thomas took the time to look thoroughly disgusted at the softness again. He shook it off. "Alright, I'll meet her." There was a knock on the door upstairs and both left the pitch dark room to greet the little human girl. "But I don't think it's good for you to have such a bond vith a little girl. It's unhealthy."

The count sighed. "I know, it's shameful, I've even been put on a tribunal for it. The fact is I really, really like her."

Thomas wasn't going to be one to step in and get rid of Mina because he already cared about his father's feelings, but that didn't mean he wouldn't gripe. "Fine." He crossed his arms and mounted the staircase into a candle lit living room to say hello to Mina.

The little girl opened the door and ran inside. She was about to do the usual so far as greetings- tackling Vlad to the floor in a hug- but spotted Thomas first. She stopped and gave her friend a worried look. "Who's this?" She saw a bit of resemblance between the new fellow, who was obviously a vampire, and Vlad. "He looks kind of like you."

"Mina, I know it's short notice, but-" Vlad came over to put a hand on her little shoulder and motioned to his son. "This is my son Thomas!"

Mina gasped. "Really? He is?" She looked at her friend. Thomas actually looked older than Vlad, but just by a little. She saw a bit of resemblance between the new fellow, who was obviously a vampire, and Vlad. "He looks kind of like you."

"Yes!" The other vampire smiled at the little human girl. "It turns out ve vere both bitten. But, too long between each other to know the other vas alive."

"Almost alive." The Count shrugged. "So, meet Count Thomas Hide, Mina!"

"Count," Thomas chuckled. "I'd forgotten that title. Vell," He got on one knee to shake Mina's hand. "Hello to my father's little friend."

"Hi!" Mina took his large, cold hand. She looked at the count. "Ready to play? I brought coloring books!"

"Sure!" Vlad smiled and took one of the coloring books. He opened it up and took out a box of crayons from a toy chest Thomas hadn't even noticed.

_Oh my god, he's worse than I thought._ The other vampire swallowed and tugged at his collar. "Hey, dad, vhy don't ve go hunting now? I'm parched." The other two ignored him and he felt a tiny burning ember of jealousy. Plopping himself down on the couch, Thomas tried to tune out the sounds of their laughter.

While Mina and the vampire's father played, he wondered just what had gone wrong where. How did he come into contact with this little girl and why had so much sentiment kept him with her? He swallowed again. Vampires had varying metabolisms and, while Vlad only had to feed every few days, Thomas needed a good serving of blood every night. If he was going to stay with his father, he may have to learn to leave prey alive. He didn't want to do that, though. He despised humans when thought of as anything but food, and now his dad had befriended this child.

Pulling at his shirt collar, Thomas stood up. He'd make a kill in the next town tonight just for the sake of staying away from Lucy. The vampire was getting left out of Mina and the count's joy and laughter anyway. He changed into a bat and flew silently out a window. The flavor of Lucy's AB negative blood still lingered in his mouth and he wanted more of it. He wanted to drink until there wasn't any left. Until further notice, though, he would listen to his father.


	3. Chapter 3

Vlad had felt bad for abandoning Thomas to play with Mina and was spending all night with him. The two were flying across town towards the next city. The little girl had pouted for hours when the count told her he was having some father-son time with Thomas. Now he felt sorry for leaving Mina alone. "You're torn," Thomas looked at his father. "By me and your" He spat. "Human friend."

"She's important to me, okay?" Vlad glared at him. "But can ve forget that issue for tonight and hunt?" His face softened. "I vant to get to know my own son."

"Before or after I died?" Thomas stared straight ahead sourly. He was still a little sore over getting left out the night before. It was common for men, even ones as old as Thomas, to revert to a childlike state of dependency when they find lost parental figures. Right now he was trying to act resentful. The vampire was enjoying the attention really.

"Let's say after." Vlad smiled. "Because that's who you are now." He landed on the roof of one building and waited for Thomas to join him.

The other vampire landed and laid down to look at the stars. "Right, vell," He looked at the count. "I hate to lose. I also hate to be left out of important business. Most of all I hate to leave a job half finished."

Vlad swallowed. "I understand, but vat do you LIKE?" He sat up. The sky was beautiful, but he had seen it too often.

"Young vomen. I expect you're the same?"

"You've inherited my tastes." The older vampire got to his feet. Thomas looked at him oddly.

"Don't you ever just sit back?" The man asked. He was rather laid back, even with the amount of evil in his personality. He liked to pause and see the lights in the sky, more eternal than he would ever be. There was something pleasant about it he couldn't quite key- it was bliss.

"I'm a bit restless." Vlad tried to sit down again. He wasn't the kind to lie around. Thomas had gotten that from his mother. She was laid back and it hade irritated Vlad, to a certain extent. He saw himself in Thomas too, but not near as much. He wondered exactly what else Thomas had gotten from him other than the good looks. His academic skill maybe? "Did you do vell in school?"

"I vas too busy as a kid for school, but I caught up vhenever I could as a vampire. So, yes." The vampire looked at the sky.

"Fair enough." Vlad shrugged. Thomas licked his lips, thirsty. "Shall ve hunt?"

"Actually, I'll skip dinner tonight. No need to leave early." The vampire nodded. He was starving but could ignore it for now. Maybe he would get back to Lucy soon.

He was finally at a breaking point. Thomas had to drink again before he got too weak or sick. "I'm going out." He said to his father, flicking a glance at Vlad nervously. He had been given permission to feed from Lucy again as long as he was careful. The vampire was too thirsty to waste any more time. All Thomas had to do was control himself and leave her alive.

"Be good." Vlad waved, hardly looking up. Thomas licked his lips and let out a hissing breath, imagining the warm blood on his tongue for a second. He transformed himself into a bat and flew out the window. He guided himself instinctively towards the Mina girl's house.

There was a certain amount of insanity in Thomas's personality, and it greatly contributed to the entire 'I never leave a job half-finished' motto. Part of the vampire wanted to leave Lucy alive for his father but another wanted to drain her completely, both because of this motto and out of spite for his father's stupid human friend. Lucy was deep asleep from what he could tell, and that was just fine. It was better that he feed without a struggle now because of how hungry he was. The young man barely managed to turn into mist and get into the room. He reformed and leaned over her with no hesitation, smelling her blood. Taking off his spectacles and setting them on the table, he looked her over. He savored the scent for a second before digging in.

She squirmed a little but relaxed in her sleep. The bite was almost as hypnotic as looking into his eyes, especially for someone who was asleep. He kept swallowing deeply, never having to take a breath. Thomas felt his strength flowing back through each mouthful, into his body. The price of being undead was other people's lives. He never realized what he was doing; the vampire was so deep in his own little world. Finally his tongue couldn't find any more of the life giving liquid in her veins and sat back, pleased again. The small disruption in his world was gone.

Thomas jolted- he realized what he had just done. The small disruption in his world was gone! He had just murdered Lucy, his father's friend's sister. Oh, this was bad… He had sworn not to kill her and forgotten that in the heat of his element! The now cold body lay, unmoving, in front of him accusingly. He put a finger to his lip, thinking in a panic. He had to get rid of the body, now. He carefully pulled back to covers and lifted what remained of his victim out of the bed. She was lighter now that all of her blood was gone. He felt another angry pang of guilt.

Would he be able to hide this from Vlad? Of course not. Dads always had a way to find out everything a child had done. Thomas opened the window and flew out with her, careful not to hurt Lucy's corpse. The place where he had bitten her clearly stood out in the dark. He swallowed deeply, terrified of what the older vampire would do to him when he found out. Maybe it was just better to leave town now, after burying her body.

When Mina didn't show up the next evening Vlad knew something was wrong. Thomas hadn't come back last night after hunting and it worried him deeply. He had waited and waited, but now the vampire was verging on panic. He dropped his book and went to fly out.

He almost rocketed through Mina's always open window. She was lying in the bed, not facing him. Her cheeks were stained with tears. "Mina vat happened?" He expected something like a scraped knee or getting in trouble but somehow knew that wasn't it. These were 'I- lost- something-important' tears. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"Lucy went missing last night. Daddy came in and her room was empty." Mina would never admit it, but she had loved her sister. It seemed like all siblings were that way.

Vlad paused. His suspicions were growing. "And vere is her boyfriend Bobby?" He remembered the photo in their foyer downstairs of a stereotypically jock-like boy.

"He's in questioning, but Bobby doesn't know anything about it because last night he had a football game." She buried her face into the vampire's shoulder, whining deeply. His shirtsleeve was instantly wet with tears.

Vlad could almost feel it now- Thomas had something to do with this. They were both missing and his son had wanted to kill Lucy from the start. It was hard to admit, but Mina's sister was more than likely dead. "I'll be back, Mina." He patted her head sympathetically and flew out the window.

The vampire, through his anger and slight remorse, was jealous. He had wanted to kill Lucy since meeting her but held off for Mina's sake. He had wanted only to protect them, but also to protect his son. He had mistakenly allowed the slightly younger vampire to feed on her and this is what he got for it.

He sniffed at the warm windy summer night air for the scent of Lucy's blood or Thomas's faint familiar smell. There was a slight smell of blood in the wind and he followed it, worried, to a small section of private property in the forest. There was a short, well- packed pile of dirt covered with leaves and he knew almost instantly that Lucy's body was under there. "Thomas Hide." He hissed. "Look at the mess you've made."

He sat down on a log angrily and examined the girl's unmarked grave. The blood smell wasn't hers, though, he noticed. It was different. He recognized it as some from the bottle he had given Thomas as a gift earlier in the week, to celebrate their existence and all. Had his son wanted him to find the grave? He got up and looked over the blood soaked dirt before spotting a short letter tacked to the tree furthest from him.

Picking it off carefully, Vlad read the somewhat sloppy cursive handwriting that his son had inherited from him.

Daddy Dearest,

I know you found Lucy Harper's grave if you're reading this note. I also know that you're furious with me over her death. Because she was your little human friend's sister I had no right to kill her but could not help myself. It is my own fault for putting off feeding to stay with you. Please keep this a secret from Mina or whatever her name is and if you don't give my best apologies.

It was good to, after all these hundreds of years, finally have a father figure. I wish I had had the chance to grow up with you but the brief time we had this last week was worth dying for. I'm glad I met you, Vlad Hide, and apologize for ruining it all. I may come back someday in hopes you've found it in yourself to forgive me if this jeopardizes your friendship with the human. If not, I needed to leave your hunting territory anyway.

Regards for the future,

_Thomas Hide_

Vlad finished reading the note and dropped it. His hands shook for a second and he thought of the few choice things about this apology that made it all to true- The younger vampire had been critical of his friendship even now. He had also put off feeding or several days in spite of his metabolism to gain more time with Vlad. It was obviously what ultimately led to this moment.

'_I may come back someday in hopes you've found it in yourself to forgive me.'_ It had said. He didn't want to forgive Thomas though, and it bothered him. Who was more important? His own flesh and blood or this little human girl who would die someday? The boy that had needed him his whole life or the girl who considered him her best friend? He didn't want to choose.

Picking up the letter again the vampire tucked it into his pocket. He was going to grant his son's wishes and not tell Mina what happened and blame it on another vampire that 'he couldn't catch' or something of the like. It would be painful to lie to her but didn't want her to hate Thomas. He looked back on the grave for a second and frowned a little sadly. Walking out, back to the wind, he went to Mina's house and comforted her, thinking about what would happen if and when his son returned.


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